Wild People Quiet: In Conversation with Tara Gereaux
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Location: Fischer Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton
CONSTRUCTION NOTICE: Due to ongoing construction, the Gallery may be noisier than usual. Noise cancelling headphones are available free of charge.
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Tickets Required
Location: Fischer Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton
Join gritLIT and the Art Gallery of Hamilton for a memorable evening with Tara Gereaux, in celebration of her new novel, Wild People Quiet, an exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a woman’s decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s.
Doors open at 6:30 PM

Tara Gereaux is the author of Saltus, which was shortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Novel Award and three Saskatchewan Book Awards; and Size of a Fist, a teen novella, which was also shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards. Tara holds an MFA in creative writing from UBC and has worked as a writer and story editor for film and television. She is a citizen of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and lives in Regina on Treaty 4 territory and the homeland of the Métis.
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Tickets
AGH Members: $7.50*
General Admission: $15
*For Member discount, contact Member Services at MemberServices@artgalleryofhamilton.com
or by phone at (905) 527-6610 x.241
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gritLIT is Hamilton’s annual literary festival, a celebration of Canadian authors. Since its inception in 2004, the festival has built a reputation with readers in the Golden Horseshoe as a place to get “up close and personal” with their favourite authors and to discover new voices.
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Cleansing the Wounds 1997
Catherine Gibbon (Canadian 1949-2021)
chalk pastel on board, Acquired through the Regional Art Purchase Program with funds from the Russell Nelson Eden Fund, 1998